7 February 2016

Hours after the rest of the world already knew, North Korea's
state media triumphantly announced in a special news bulletin to the
nation Sunday it had successfully launched a satellite into orbit,
calling it a major milestone in the nation's history and the "greatest
gift of loyalty" to the country's young leader, Kim Jong Un.

In a possible hint of what might lie ahead, however,North Korea's state media implored the nation on the eve of the launch to be prepared for whatever "violent storm" may be coming.

Rescuers
on Sunday found signs of life within the remains of a high-rise
residential building that collapsed in a powerful, shallow earthquake in
southern Taiwan that killed at least 19 people, as families anxiously
waited on site.

The emergency center in Tainan, the worst-hit city, said Sunday that 171 people had been rescued from the building following the magnitude-6.4 quake that struck at dawn Saturday.